Good cars you don't see any more?

[jonbuoy]

Strange thing is a 60´s and 70´s sportbikes can still easily keep up with modern traffic. Overhaul the brakes and suspension and they aren´t a bad ride either. Much more capable on modern roads than a 60´s/70´s sportscar.

[Laava]

, 1974 Fiat 132 (LOVED that car!)...

yep, first car I loved driving too!

[Flip]

Strange thing is a 60´s and 70´s sportbikes can still easily keep up with modern traffic. Overhaul the brakes and suspension and they aren´t a bad ride either. Much more capable on modern roads than a 60´s/70´s sportscar.

What are kind of car are you thinking about?

There are a lot of 50 year old Lotus7's out there that are a lot faster than 99% of any modern cars. Most of the E type's will do 130 mph the V12 even faster. Any of the Cooper Minis are suprisingly quick, espcially around corners. Any of the Aston-martins or Morgans are still quick cars. The early 911's were being built in the 70's.

My wife and I were driving in Auckland recently in the Midget. Chris was passing everything on the motorway and I was getting a bit concerned about the speed so I asked her to slow a bit. She looked down and said "Why, i'm only doinh 90".

This is me and Spanky driving from Oamaru to Gisborne. There is no way I can get away from the Lotus it just too fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX9J...-ts=1421828030

[ducatilover]

What are kind of car are you thinking about?

There are a lot of 50 year old Lotus7's out there that are a lot faster than 99% of any modern cars. Most of the E type's will do 130 mph the V12 even faster. Any of the Cooper Minis are suprisingly quick, espcially around corners. Any of the Aston-martins or Morgans are still quick cars. The early 911's were being built in the 70's.

My wife and I were driving in Auckland recently in the Midget. Chris was passing everything on the motorway and I was getting a bit concerned about the speed so I asked her to slow a bit. She looked down and said "Why, i'm only doinh 90".

Yeah but they all handle like a two day old salad. My old MX5 would run rings around our MK2 Escort track car and rally car. And the MX5 isn't "that" good handling after 270,000lm.
My old 535i would show any of those older sports cars and that wasn't exactly state of the art either

I still prefer driving a salad though

[jonbuoy]

What are kind of car are you thinking about?

There are a lot of 50 year old Lotus7's out there that are a lot faster than 99% of any modern cars. Most of the E type's will do 130 mph the V12 even faster. Any of the Cooper Minis are suprisingly quick, espcially around corners. Any of the Aston-martins or Morgans are still quick cars. The early 911's were being built in the 70's.

My wife and I were driving in Auckland recently in the Midget. Chris was passing everything on the motorway and I was getting a bit concerned about the speed so I asked her to slow a bit. She looked down and said "Why, i'm only doinh 90".

This is me and Spanky driving from Oamaru to Gisborne. There is no way I can get away from the Lotus it just too fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX9J...-ts=1421828030

Half the performance specs given on cars in the 60´ss and 70´s were exaggerated, strap them on a dyno and you would be very disappointed at what the real RWHP is. MG quoted 95BHP for the 1.8 B series - a well tuned stock MGB engine is more like 60-70 RWHP. A Ford Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost makes a genuine 125 BHP at the wheels and weighs the same as a chrome bumper MGB. It would paste the MGB around a track or in a drag race. Probably spank both an early 911 and an Etype on the track as well. Cars have come a long way since the 60´s and 70´s - except in style and character. Minis handled well compared to what was around at the time but not by modern standards.

[5150]

Far out!! did a google for "Mike Todd E49 Charger" an here she is

http://nzlifeandleisure.co.nz/on-the-road-charger/

This was our baby. Still kick my self for ever agreeing to sell it.

[Smifffy]

Half the performance specs given on cars in the 60´ss and 70´s were exaggerated, strap them on a dyno and you would be very disappointed at what the real RWHP is. MG quoted 95BHP for the 1.8 B series - a well tuned stock MGB engine is more like 60-70 RWHP. A Ford Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost makes a genuine 125 BHP at the wheels and weighs the same as a chrome bumper MGB. It would paste the MGB around a track or in a drag race. Probably spank both an early 911 and an Etype on the track as well. Cars have come a long way since the 60´s and 70´s - except in style and character. Minis handled well compared to what was around at the time but not by modern standards.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

[jasonu]

what was he driving?............or have you forgotten?

He drove the PDL Mustang among other things.

[Banditbandit]

Good cars you don't see any more

Yeah - they may have been good in their day, but now we have more efficent and better engines, better brakes, better suspensions ... BETTER cars .... that's why we don't have those old cars ...

That's why you do;t see them around any more (the last survivors sit in people's sheds where they can shed nostalgic tears over them ...)

All those old cars you "wish I'd kept" ??? Remember why you sold them in the first place ... something better came along (sometimes after these "good old cars" BROKE DOWN and became too expensive to fix) ...

[Dadpole]

Yeah - they may have been good in their day, but now we have more efficent and better engines, better brakes, better suspensions ... BETTER cars .... that's why we don't have those old cars ...

That's why you do;t see them around any more (the last survivors sit in people's sheds where they can shed nostalgic tears over them ...)

All those old cars you "wish I'd kept" ??? Remember why you sold them in the first place ... something better came along (sometimes after these "good old cars" BROKE DOWN and became too expensive to fix) ...

Stop that you bastard. I am currently enjoying a trip down motoring memory lane with series two of The Sweeney...

[Banditbandit]

Stop that you bastard. I am currently enjoying a trip down motoring memory lane with series two of The Sweeney...

I can see why ...

[scumdog]

Yeah - they may have been good in their day, but now we have more efficent and better engines, better brakes, better suspensions ... BETTER cars .... that's why we don't have those old cars ...

That's why you do;t see them around any more (the last survivors sit in people's sheds where they can shed nostalgic tears over them ...)

All those old cars you "wish I'd kept" ??? Remember why you sold them in the first place ... something better came along (sometimes after these "good old cars" BROKE DOWN and became too expensive to fix) ...

Hmm..I drove my '66 Thunderbird, '55 F100 hot-rod and my Marina ute in the last couple of days, enjoyed every minute.

Add the value of all three together and I suppose I COULD buy a new BMW or similar - but I'd be bored shitless and would think of the constantly plummeting value of said BMW...and IF it got to the stage of needing repair I certainly couldn't do it myself - and couldn't afford to pay to get it fixed either.

I get to drive brand new cars regularly and can appreciate some of their features - but can also exist quite happily without those features.

[Flip]

Half the performance specs given on cars in the 60´ss and 70´s were exaggerated, strap them on a dyno and you would be very disappointed at what the real RWHP is. MG quoted 95BHP for the 1.8 B series - a well tuned stock MGB engine is more like 60-70 RWHP. A Ford Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost makes a genuine 125 BHP at the wheels and weighs the same as a chrome bumper MGB. It would paste the MGB around a track or in a drag race. Probably spank both an early 911 and an Etype on the track as well. Cars have come a long way since the 60´s and 70´s - except in style and character. Minis handled well compared to what was around at the time but not by modern standards.

Thats kind of funny because I would never buy a Ford Ecoboost, not ever. My old (1275) MG makes 78 HP at the rear wheels, I don't believer that the dyno it was tuned on has ever been calibrated but thats what the graph said. A friends Cooper S with a 8 port cross flow makes 110 HP, its technically a track car but has plates and rego. Some of the new std Caterum 7's (Lotus 7) have 300+HP and weigh 600kg, there is even a V8 that is 2x Hyabusa top ends on a common crank case that makes 400HP. The design of the Lotus 7 is now 50+ years old.
My old MG compared to the cars of the time say a Morrie minor or A 40 is heaps faster. Comparing a 50 year old sports car with a modern fast hatch is like comparing the 1200kg Ford Fiesta with 125HP with a 600kg Caterum 7 with 400 HP.
One of the biggest improvements in the last 50 years has been in the tyres. Modern tyres grip better and last longer, espcially in the wet.
I have owned a few vintage bikes and I do agree that many of the bikes from the 60's were very trick. I had a 63 T100 Daytona (sports model of the 500 tiger) It was a very good bike. I am still kicking myself for selling it. But even a 160 kg T100 with 42 HP is a similar gap to a modern 600cc at 150 kg with 130HP.

[Banditbandit]

But even a 160 kg T100 with 42 HP is a similar gap to a modern 600cc at 150 kg with 130HP.

Yeah .. my Meridan Triumph 650 Thunderbird (1963) would get to 110mph ... (took a while but it did get there) ... my Suzuki Bandit 650, I've been to 185 kph and then changed into top gear (and not been on the red line) ... (and a bandit is not a sprotsbike ... only about 80 horses .. )

[Reckless]

First time I did the ton (100mph) was down Ngauranga gorge on this Kawasaki 250 F11 on Nobblies.
Well thats what my memory says?? Must have been Reckless back then LMAO